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To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award grants to implement innovative approaches to securing prompt access to appropriate follow-on care for individuals who experience an acute mental health episode and present for care in an emergency department, and for other purposes.
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Sponsor. Representative for California's 36th congressional district. Democrat.
Read Text »This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on May 12, 2021 but was never passed by the Senate.
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CosponsorsThis activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 2519 (116th).
Feb 22, 2021 IntroducedBills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.
May 7, 2021 Text PublishedUpdated bill text was published as of Preprint (Suspension).
May 12, 2021 Passed House (Senate next)The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next. The vote was by special rule so no record of individual votes was made.
Sep 12, 2023 Reintroduced Bill — IntroducedThis activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5414.
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